It's funny how people here spend a loooot of time planning and talking about future and excusing a GM which has plenty access to the money and one of the highest payrolls in baseball, and what is worse, already failed last year and at this point he has the team in jeopardy to make the playoffs. IMO The ONLY outcome I would expect as an owner is at least the WS and if you rush me, win it; I don't care the injuries, I don't care players' personal problems, I don't care the damn Phillies or NY, and certainly I don't care the OPS and ERAs; I already put the damn money; With 180 MUSD payroll he has to plan, forecast and anticipate all these issues that any team can experiment, that is his DAMN JOB, but again, with the plus that he has access to the LIGHT=MONEY. Can't handle all these factors and deliver results? GO! as simple as that.
Sure, it ain't over yet, We'll se how it ends.